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Shingo Institute
Phone: +1.435.760.0711
Email: mary.price@usu.edu

The Shingo Institute Welcomes The Guiding Principles as a New Provider of Shingo Workshops

Summary: Shingo Licensed Affiliates are private companies who contract with the Shingo Institute to teach Shingo workshops to groups and individuals. The Guiding Principles in Texas has just contracted to become the newest Shingo Licensed Affiliate.

Logan, Utah — The Shingo Institute, a program of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has partnered with The Guiding Principles (TGP) organization in Texas to become the Institute’s newest Shingo Licensed Affiliate. This partnership means that TGP will teach the Shingo workshops to groups and individuals interested in improving the culture of their organization to improve efficiency, working conditions, and value.

“We are very excited to have The Guiding Principles organization as a new affiliate partner,” said Ken Snyder, executive director of the Shingo Institute. “It is an exceptional company devoted to principles of organizational excellence and, together, we hope to help many other companies on their continuous improvement journeys.”

About The Guiding Principles
TGP is a non-profit organization that focuses on engaging Latino C-suite leaders to deploy systems based on the Shingo Guiding Principles. TGP works closely with HR leaders to reform diversity policies that will create a best-in-class work environment that is all-inclusive, where employees are valued to a higher standard of dignity and respect. The organization’s mission is to build strategies that will contribute to greater career advancement opportunities for minorities and build a stronger sustainable economy.

With decades of operational excellence experience in manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, financial services, hospitality, and pharmaceutical industries, TGP delivers customized training in Spanish and English throughout the United States and Latin America on Lean tools, continuous improvement, six sigma, operational systems, gemba, kaizen methods, Lean management systems, change management, and key performance and behavioral indicators management. TGP’s services include enterprise process assessments, operational gap analysis, management standard work and policies review, and leadership coaching.

About the Shingo Institute
The Shingo Institute administers the Shingo Prize, an award that recognizes organizations that demonstrate an exceptional culture of fostering continuous improvement. A program of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, the Shingo Institute is named after Japanese industrial engineer and Toyota adviser, Shigeo Shingo. Dr. Shingo distinguished himself as one of the world’s thought leaders in the concepts, systems, and improvement techniques that have become known as the Toyota Production System (TPS).

Drawing from Dr. Shingo’s teachings and years of experience working with organizations worldwide, the Shingo Institute developed the Shingo Model™, which is the basis for its educational offerings, including workshops, study tours, and conferences. Workshops are available in multiple languages through the Institute’s licensed affiliates, including The Guiding Principles organization. For more information on workshops, affiliates, or to register to attend the Shingo Conference, please visit www.shingo.org.


Contact information:
The Guiding Principles
Carlos Cruz, President and Founder
carloscruz@theguidingprinciples.org
https://theguidingprinciples.org